Silverton grapples with Gold King mine spill aftermath
At a hushed City Council meeting in Silverton Colorado Hayes Griswold an EPA veteran described how a backhoe excavation unleashed an orange flood from the Gold King Mine onto Cement Creek and the Animas River Officials say arsenic cadmium lead aluminum and copper polluted waters and the cleanup time and cost remain uncertain The EPA has assumed full responsibility and warns the town of about 500 residents faces ongoing environmental and tourism impacts with downstream concerns in Durango Colorado and Farmington New Mexico.
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Gloucester adopts addict amnesty program at police station
Gloucester police launched a June policy guiding heroin and opioid addicts to treatment rather than arrest. Since then 109 self surrender for help entered detox or rehab, with 70 percent men and 16 percent from outside Massachusetts, at about 5000 dollars in treatment costs covered by insurers and seized drug funds.
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No truth to stolen baby claims in St Louis case
U S attorney says medical records show Melanie Gilmore born at City Hospital No 1 and abandoned there, not Homer G Phillips hospital as claimed. The investigation is closed, refuting allegations of a baby theft ring linked to the Homer G Phillips facility and ending the long sought reunion story of Zella Price and her daughter.
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ST. Louis
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Richard Callahan
Melanie Diane Gilmore
Diane Jackson
Associated Press
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City Hospital No. 1
Zella Jackson Price
Price
Homer G. Phillips Hospital
Callahan
Homer G. Phillips
Albert Watkins
Bursley Road Closure Planned for Bridge Repairs
Huntington Township announces a closure of Bursley Road between Baker and Quarry Roads for structural repairs to bridge 0412 over Charlemont Creek. Work by the County Engineer's Highway Maintenance department runs 8:00 am August 17 to 5:00 pm August 28, weather permitting, with detour signs posted.
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Lorain County
Ken Carney
Bursley Road
Baker
Quarry Roads
Charlemont Creek
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